This film along with the theatrical version of diebuster, which was released theatrically as a double feature with the gunbuster theatrical edition has been licensed for north american distribution by bandai visual usa. The pop and space opera pieces excellently convey the tone. Bandai schedules bluray freedom, gunbuster diebuster movie jul 4, 2008 bandai entertainment reveals honneamise lineup. Honneamise also released the movie version on bluray, both alone and as a set with the movie edition of gunbuster 2 and a disc of bonus material. I had no idea how this version of the gunbuster story would handle this, and the answer worried me. Aug 11, 2012 while the original gunbuster used its fan service without irony, i dont think that its a coincidence that diebuster puts us into the shoes of the voyeur. Jul 04, 2012 this entry was posted on july 4, 2012 at 7. They were later added in super robot wars though, with ryoma himself teaching noriko how to use them.
Laster releases such as the region 1 release or gunbuster movie have footage cut out or music changed for licensing reasons, making this dvd here incredibly priceless. Gunbuster main characters from the seriess opening. I roughly spent 4 weeks on it with 40 hours of work. The ova consists of six episodes and was sold in both vhs and laserdisc format. It was initially released in the usa on dvd as gunbuster vs. Even so, nono was discovered 5 years before the beginning of diebuster in a comet that sprung a tail for the first time in a thousand years aka still 9,000 years after gunbuster. The third installment of gainaxs eroge strip quiz game series for the pc9801 and msx, cybernetic hischool, focused on characters from gunbuster. Diebuster licensed by bandai visual usa may 26, 2007. Diebuster, was created for gainaxs 20 year anniversary. The gattai movie full english full movie gunbuster vs.
On this page you will find a few items that i made which you can download for your computer. Diebuster is a worthwhile watch for fans of the original gunbuster series. Everything you need to know about diebuster the movie. The gattai movie 2007 is available on netflix since. Spoilers gunbuster and diebuster i have a question. You miss out on a lot of the humor, the sweetness, the poignance, and the. I couldnt image the best moments of the series without this. I guess it can be looked on as comforting in a way to know that the straighttovideo knockoff is not an exclusively american phenomenon. Gunbuster has the rare moments where the actions and emotion on screen synch perfectly with the soundtrack in our ears. Preferably watch the ova if you have the time, as they are more fleshed out. Although imo lalc comes off as being more of a jung freud than a kazumi amano. A whole lot of people were pretty let down by how this popular cooking battle manga wrapped up on the eve of its final anime adaptations premiere, nick dupree goes indepth on exactly why. Gunbuster was originally set to dualwield these, ala getter dragon, but they didnt make the cut.
Ttgl can be thought of as the kiddie version, though. Gattai means combine, and just like the fighting mecha of the heroines, hideaki annos gunbuster and kazuya tsurumakis diebuster have come together to form the gattai movie. For the love of all that is good, go watch diebuster before anyone spoils this series for you. Gunbuster movie is a compilation of the original 6episode gunbuster ova, where man first meets the insect aliens and builds fighting robots and huge battleships to combat them. While gunbuster s final mission destroyed the space monsters star system, the intergalactic war still continues. Diebuster double feature is mainly a recapped and a remixed movie. Young takaya noriko had always wanted to be a pilot like her father, who was killed in space during an alien attack. The gunbuster the movie consists of recut footage from the original sixpart ova gunbuster, 1988 with a new 5. Nono is a sweet young country bumpkin who runs away to the big city to chase her dream of becoming a space pilot, only to have her dream temporarily crushed when she finds out that people have to go to school to become space pilots, and to go to school you have to have money. Diebuster is a series of decent spectacle moments rendered in colourful, wellanimated art with an occasional joke in the mix, nothing more. Upon doing so they discover a huge race of insectoid aliens known as space monsters. It was licensed for american release by bandai visual usa as gunbuster 2.
In order to one day realize her dream of becoming a space pilot, this young girl left her home in a lonely, snowbound village and made her way on her own to. I obtained all three volumes of the series at once and watched them in a single sitting so the lines between the. Nono is a sweet young country bumpkin who runs away to the big city to chase her dream of becoming a space pilot, only to have her dream temporarily crushed when she finds out that people have to go to school to become space. And as with gunbuster, the films ending has an emotional outcome and manages to do a decent job of tying in the two series together nicely. The diebuster movie does feel a bit disjointed in some parts, maybe due to the way it was edited. The original uncut version of gunbuster is only six 20minute episodes long, same for diebuster. Gunbuster is a sixvolume oav from 1988 directed by hideaki anno. Spoilers gunbuster and diebuster i have a question that i cant ask in the title. Looking for episode specific information top wo nerae 2. When she was a child, norikos father was killed in humanitys first battle with aliens from the galactic core. While not necessarily required to understand the plot, several key moments in diebuster lose their emotional impact if one hasnt seen gunbuster. This double feature comprises of gunbuster and diebuster aka gunbuster 2 condensed into a single theatrical release told in two parts with a musical intermission in between.
Oct 04, 2015 diebuster is a series of decent spectacle moments rendered in colourful, wellanimated art with an occasional joke in the mix, nothing more. Gunbuster 2, v2, like gunbuster top wo nerae, had some imperfections in terms of plot holes and other minor issues but like the original, it was a lot of fun to enjoy with some significant replay value for me. Im actually rather fond of lalc, and her character arc much more strongly echoes the themes from the original gunbuster. Every time nonos legs kick in the air and the martians watch with glee, we do too. Gunbuster is amongst the first anime that managed to find the perfect balance between a good story and an entertaining presentation. They can actually be seen during gunbuster s combination sequence, packed inside the mechs shoulders. Gunbuster had its share of egregious problems, most of them worse than diebuster s errors, but at least they tried to tell a. A movie retells and recaps the end of the first gunbuster ova and the finale of diebuster. This dvd released by kiseki in the uk in 2002 and is the only proper domestic release of gunbuster. As it is with the first part of the film, diebuster retains a lot of the dramatic points of its original release.
You should either watch the ova series or the movies, but not both. Gunbuster had its share of egregious problems, most of them worse than diebusters errors, but at least they tried to tell a. The first part, gunbuster the movie, condenses the six episodes of the original ova into a 95minute moviefeaturing a new 5. By the end, i knew so little of these characters that they left no impact. Jung freud, koichiro coach ohta, kazumi amano, noriko takaya, kimiko higuchi and captain tatsumi tashiro. Gunbuster is a 1988 anime ova produced by gainax and directed by hideaki anno. Among their ranks is a rookie named nono and the ace pilot lalc whom nono looks at as a big sister. And the diebuster final episode does do its job of finally bridging the gap between the two shows. Both films, or ovas if you will are highly entertaining and offer interesting insight into space. You can follow any responses to this entry through the rss 2. The movie was made by studio gainax, who later made neon genesis evangelion and tengen toppa gurren lagann and in directors chair sits hideaki anno, the same person who later directed evangelion.
A manga adaptation of the series is available in japan. There is absolutely no reason for a movie cut of gunbuster or diebuster to exist in this day and age, where dvds can cram 5 episodes on a single dvd, and even more on a bluray. While its a bit of a rough diamond, viewers today can still see why it stood out then, where it led gainax, and where gainax took the ideas they started in it. Her goal in life is to become a great space pilot like her hero, nonoriri. Read 33 galleries with parody gunbuster on nhentai, a hentai doujinshi and manga reader. In the early 21st century mankinds first lightspeed spaceship, the luxion, has a fatal encounter. Nono is the main character of top o nerae 2 diebuster. Its a sequel to gunbuster with new characters but with the same level of excitement and epileptical touch. Episode summaries and screenshots, character profiles, series history, credits, merchandise, and wallpaper. Gunbuster vs diebuster movie bd capture simu ehentai. How do you cut down the length of a sixepisode ova down into 95 minutes and have it still make sense. Available in north america from bandai on their honneamise label as a 3dvd box set. I just finished watching gunbuster and diebuster in two days.
Gunbuster was really cool and i enjoyed the nearlight travel, time dilation, and. Story okay, so anyway gunbuster 2 diebuster takes place many many many years after gunbuster and is the story of nono and how she becomes a space pilot. Below is a series of cards taken from the north american release of gunbuster vs diebuster. The movie is an anime that falls into the main genre of action. Cybernetic hischool, the third installment of gainaxs eroge stripquiz video game series for the pc9801 and msx, focused on characters from gunbuster.
Sure, we got the movie that showed the distilled versions side by side, but imagine if they made this literal gunbuster vs diebuster instead. Yes, nono did have fragments of knowledge about norikokazumijung, and these became stronger at the end of diebuster. Discotek media has since relicensed diebuster as gunbuster 2. It is not an easy task that one can write down and offer it to all the rest so they can mimic the formula thereafter. I agree, i absolutely love both gunbuster and diebuster.
Gunbuster the movie is a compilation movie based off of the ova gunbuster known in japan as top wo neare. In the near future, humanity has taken its first steps towards journeying into the far reaches of the galaxy. Welcome to the 19th episode of the should you watch. Gunbuster gunbuster on myanimelist, the internets largest anime database. Mar 06, 2012 this entry was posted on march 6, 2012 at 4. So when nono giddily plays fly high to do a karaoke duet with lalc, she grumpily refuses to sing her side the entire time. The series really put studio gainax on the map, and is fondly remembered by old school otaku.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Given the kickass action and overall awesomeness of diebuster, the video turned out to be more action than dance. Bandai schedules bluray freedom, gunbuster diebuster movie jul 4, 2008 bandai entertainment reveals honneamise lineup jul 1, 2008 gunbuster vs. The sequel features new characters and mecha, but retains the format. Diebuster movie, diebuster movie 2006, gunbuster 2 movie, gunbuster movie, top wo nerae.
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